The Office of Business Engagement (OBE) and Data Science Institute (DSI) have launched a new tool that helps university faculty and staff discover relevant research, shared interests and potential collaborators across campus.

RABBIT (Research and Business-Bridging Intelligence Tool) is an AI-powered faculty discovery tool that is available to all UW–Madison faculty and staff, and WARF employees, with a NetID. It was designed and developed by OBE and DSI to help industry engagement offices on campus connect faculty with applied research opportunities.

“So much of what I do is trying to find the expertise we have around campus to work on, apply to, and create projects and research collaborations,” says Alyson Fleming, Director of Public-Private Partnerships at the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. Fleming, who served as a beta tester for RABBIT, uses the tool both for her work with industry and for campus collaborations.